Penn State’s desire to add at least one more wide receiver recruit to the 2019 class made it all the more important for James Franklin to move quickly to hire David Corley’s replacement.

It took about a week from the time Franklin fired Corley until his replacement was named: The Nittany Lions filled their lone coaching staff vacancy on Thursday with the addition of receivers coach Gerad Parker. Parker, who comes to Penn State after stops at Duke, Cincinnati, Purdue, Marshall, Tennessee-Martin and Kentucky, where he played, didn’t waste time getting to work, as he reached out to 2020 five-star wide receiver Julian Fleming on Wednesday.

While the conversation was brief between the new hire and the Lions’ top recruiting target for next year, it’s the right place to begin. This hire already appears to have a better chance of succeeding than the one made last season, when Corley was initially brought on to coach the running backs before being switched to...